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No refuge for Haitian prisoners in Jamaica
THE local security forces say they have the names and photographs of hundreds of convicts who escaped from prisons in earthquake-ravaged Haiti last month, and would be carefully screening refugees who turn up on Jamaica's shores. Some 4,000 prisoners are believed to have escaped on January 12 when the magnitud ...more
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Monday, February 08, 2010
FURNITURE retailer Courts Jamaica Limited has agreed to cover the future cost of Viagra for a 26-year-old man, to whom it was recently ordered by the High Court to make a hefty multimillion-dollar payment in damages. Courts is to foot Viagra cost fo ...more
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Anti-Gang legislation to take effect March — Nelson
Monday, February 08, 2010
ANTI-Gang Legislation, aimed at dismantling the close to 300 "notorious" gangs across the island, is to come into effect by March of this year, according to National Security Minister, Dwight Nelson. The minister on Saturday warned that this was am ...more
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FINSAC court hearing continues tomorrow
Monday, February 08, 2010
THE Supreme Court on Friday started hearing an application challenging Justice Boyd Carey's refusal to excuse himself from the chairmanship of the enquiry into the financial sector meltdown of the 1990s. Lawyers representing former Finance Minister ...more
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Young Haitian determined to make it to Jamaica's shores
Monday, February 08, 2010
THE risk of being intercepted and deported is not enough to deter Michael (surname withheld) from illegally entering Jamaica. The 18-year-old Haitian, who was deported from the country once before, is set on returning to the island, and is saving to ...more
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Parents handed over children to US missionaries
Monday, February 08, 2010
CALLEBASSE, Haiti (AFP) -- "I would like to give up my son again," says Anchello Cantave, a farmer here, who willingly handed over his five-year-old to US missionaries now facing charges of child abduction in Haiti's post-quake chaos. An hour outsid ...more
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Monday, February 08, 2010
SCORES of residents from several Corporate Area communities were yesterday bracing themselves for possible plans by the National Water Commission (NWC) to impose further water restrictions in areas across the Corporate Area today. The residents, ma ...more
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Caricom prepares for the recovery phase in Haiti
Monday, February 08, 2010
EMERGENCY response teams from the Caribbean Community (Caricom) attended to more than 3,000 people injured in Haiti's devastating earthquake, and have vowed to provide more assistance after March 5 when the recovery phase begins. According to Jerem ...more
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Police release sketch of serial rapist
Monday, February 08, 2010
THE St Ann police have released a composite sketch of a man who they believe has raped several women in the parish. According to the police, the suspect is also wanted for rapes committed in St Mary, Clarendon and St James. The man has been on th ...more
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Monday, February 08, 2010
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Costa Rica's National Liberation Party presidential candidate Laura Chinchilla gives a thumb up to supporters after voting at a polling station during presidential elections in San Jose, yesterday. (Photo: AP) Thumb ...more
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Karzai says Afghanistan may institute conscription
Monday, February 08, 2010
MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday he is looking at instituting conscription to build an army big enough to provide security without international help. Karzai told a conference of the world's top defence officials ...more
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Monday, February 08, 2010
A team comprising members from the Inspectorate of the Constabulary and auditors from the Ministry of National Security today began to audit the Police Armoury and Stores as per the directive of the Acting Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington. The ...more
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Monday, February 08, 2010
The body of man, who reportedly suffered from a mental illness, was found at Mt Salus, Brandon Hill, St Andrew this morning. The dead man has been identified as Joseph Williams, 55, of Mount Salus. The CCN is reporting that about 8:30 am, a residen ...more
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Monday, February 08, 2010
A man was taken into police custody following the seizure of an illegal gun at Sixth Street, Greenwich Town, Kingston 13 yesterday. His name is being withheld pending further investigation. Reports received by the CCN are that about 1:50 pm, a poli ...more
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SLB to announce lower interest rates
Monday, February 08, 2010
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, says the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), will be making an announcement soon regarding the lowering of its interest rates. “In line with the general direction of lowered interest rates, we expect ...more
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Swiss skier survives 17 hours in snow
Monday, February 08, 2010
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Search teams in the Swiss Alps yesterday rescued a 21-year-old skier who survived 17 hours in the snow after being buried in an avalanche, local police said. "Surviving for 17 hours in an avalanche and being found consci ...more
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Nigerian militants claim attack on Shell pipeline
Monday, February 08, 2010
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A Nigerian militant group said yesterday that it had attacked a major oil pipeline operated by a Royal Dutch Shell PLC subsidiary in Nigeria, though the international oil giant could not confirm the attack occurred. Nigeria is ...more
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Monday, February 08, 2010
AWKA, Nigeria (AFP) -- The sitting governor in Nigeria's Anambra state won re-election yesterday in a poll seen as a major test for Africa's largest democracy a year ahead of presidential elections. Despite flaws arising from chaotic voter registrat ...more
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Karzai says Afghanistan may institute conscription
Monday, February 08, 2010
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran will tell the UN nuclear watchdog today of its plans to enrich uranium to 20 per cent, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi told state television yesterday, adding that the process would begin tomorrow. "We will inform the IAEA i ...more
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
MANDEVILLE, Manchester -- The cry for potable water is increasing in the south central parishes of Manchester and St Elizabeth as the seasonal drought takes hold and inadequate resources restrict the ability of the authorities to respond. The word ...more
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We have no Cash Plus money, says Dubai bank
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Following is a synopsis of the Judgement of Justice Sir Anthony Colman, as provided to the Observer by Trustee in Bankruptcy Hugh Wildman: On 11 November, 2009, Justice Sir Anthony Colman handed down his judgement in relation to the proceedings in ...more
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Rex Nettleford's astounding confession
Sunday, February 07, 2010
I have long believed that no man is without an enemy in this world, even if it is only about professional jealousy. But I am convinced that if we walk the length and breadth of Jamaica, we would be hard put to find anyone who has an ill word to say ...more
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Police probe conspiracy to smear Sandals bosses
Sunday, February 07, 2010
AN apparent conspiracy to smear the names of Sandals Resorts International bosses is now the subject of a probe by Jamaican and Bahamian authorities, after a Sandals jet was last Monday searched by Bahamian Customs in the presence of the police when ...more
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
INSTEAD of the Christmas gift he had prematurely promised Cash Plus investors last year, liquidator Hugh Wildman will have to pay legal costs to a Dubai bank he believed was holding US$25 million, allegedly stashed there by Carlos Hill. The Dubai ...more
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Hugh Wildman, a type of legal gladiator
Sunday, February 07, 2010
He left law school in 1988 and went to work as clerk of the court at the famous Sutton Street Court in downtown Kingston. With only six months under his belt, he was promoted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions as a crown counsel. He ...more
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Some thoughts of teacher Nettleford
Sunday, February 07, 2010
AS the expected outpouring of tributes praising the enormous contributions of that brilliant exponent of our West Indian civilisation, Rex Nettleford, continues, I have opted to share with readers, for now, just a few snippets of the inspiring though ...more
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